Qin Gengyun walked into Lingdanfang at the hour of Chen.

The abbot hasn't come back yet today, and the abbot is still very quiet.

Even Yang Fengshan, who was the most diligent when the abbot was here, did not show up.

Qin Gengyun shook his head, picked up the broom and swept the yard, then cleaned the alchemy room and the low-grade spirit gathering furnace that the master often used.

Taking advantage of the fact that no one was around, Qin Gengyun sat cross-legged in front of the spirit gathering furnace, collected his mind, and soon his consciousness left his body.

He tried to control his spiritual consciousness and slowly penetrate it into the Spirit Gathering Furnace.

However, the material of this inferior spirit gathering furnace is thicker than that of an ordinary bronze furnace, and Qin Gengyun's spiritual sense, which has just entered the third level of Qi training, cannot completely penetrate the furnace wall.

Only a small head penetrated.

It is difficult to see clearly what is going on inside the furnace.

I could only vaguely glimpse a formation on the bottom of the furnace.

This is the spirit gathering array.

An ordinary bronze furnace requires about one to two hundred spirit stones, while a spirit gathering furnace requires thousands of spirit stones.

Apart from the material, the most important difference lies in the spirit gathering array.

The alchemy furnace engraved with a spirit gathering array can gather the alchemy fire more effectively. At the same time, it can greatly improve each stage such as chemical reaction, refining, fusion, spirit infusion, and alchemy, so that the purity and grade of the final refined elixir will be better.

The spirit gathering array is also divided into levels according to its effectiveness.

This is also the difference between the three grades of Spirit Gathering Furnace: low, medium and high.

That’s why there is a saying that “every alchemist’s dream is to marry a spiritual plant master and a formation master.”

If an alchemist can really find a companion who is a formation master, it would be like a fish in water, a stroke of luck from heaven.

Qin Gengyun has always been unlucky, but he has never had such a dream. At this moment, he withdrew his spiritual consciousness, stood up and walked to the front of this inferior spirit gathering furnace.

He picked up the furnace lid and opened the medicine door in the middle of the furnace to check.

Some high-quality spirit gathering furnaces have spirit gathering arrays engraved on the furnace lid, medicine inlet door, furnace bottom and even the outer furnace body, but the master's furnace is obviously not that high-end, with only a spirit gathering array at the bottom of the furnace.

This was a second-hand item that the master bought at Fuyuan Pavilion for 600 spirit stones after he reached the fourth level of Qi training and became a second-level alchemist.

Of course, the master of the temple also issued strict orders to the pharmacists in the temple, requiring them to tell others that this spirit gathering furnace was a high-end product worth thousands of spirit stones.

Qin Gengyun sat back in front of the alchemy furnace, recalling the scenes of him secretly watching the master making the elixir outside. With a wave of his hand, he began to simulate making the "Qingfeng Powder" himself.

"Madam, put the medicine into the furnace."

"Madam, light the Dan stone."

"My wife, please fan your husband vigorously."

"My wife, my husband has already made the elixir, please take it out."

"Madam, uh..."

Forget it, Fellow Daoist Qiu probably won’t help me do this.

"Qin Gengyun, what are you doing?!"

A scolding voice came from the door, and Qin Gengyun quickly stood up, only to see Yang Fengshan striding in and looking at him sternly.

Qin Gengyun said, "Manager Yang, I have finished cleaning the alchemy furnace and will take a rest for a while."

"Go to the side if you want to take a break. Is this where you can sit?"

Yang Fengshan looked stern as he pointed at the cushion where Qin Gengyun had just sat.

This is the place where his master can sit when he is refining the elixir.

"I'm sorry, Manager Yang, I'll be out right away."

Qin Gengyun said this calmly and walked out quickly.

"stop!"

Yang Fengshan called him coldly:

"The old alchemy room is under repair for the next two days, so you are not allowed to go in. Do you hear me?"

Qin Gengyun was puzzled: "Didn't the master say that day that he wanted to convert the old alchemy room into a reception room? Why is it being renovated again?"

Yang Fengshan walked up to him and sneered:

"Does the monk need to explain to you what he is doing?"

Qin Gengyun waved his hand quickly: "Manager Yang, I'm going to do my work."

He walked out of the alchemy room and saw Wang Ping and Xu Li holding brooms and pretending to sweep the already clean yard. He shook his head and laughed, then stepped forward and said:

"Friend Wang, Friend Xu, did you two go to Yihonglou to listen to music again last night?"

"Hehe, Fellow Daoist Qin is truly our confidant!"

The two men laughed, their legs trembling, but their faces flushed. Wang Ping came forward and whispered:

"Fellow Daoist Qin, you may not know that Yihonglou had a new trick yesterday. It was really interesting."

Qin Gengyun smiled helplessly and said, "What new tricks are there?"

Xu Li looked into the alchemy room, then walked over with a broom, beaming with joy:

"All those prostitutes dyed their hair half red and the other half white, put on black gauze robes with cloud patterns, danced seductively, and let you take their pleasure. It was truly captivating and unforgettable!"

Qin Gengyun found this interesting and asked in confusion, "Why do you dye your hair half red and half white and wear a black robe with cloud patterns?"

Wang Ping patted his shoulder and said, "Fellow Daoist Qin, you didn't know that? Isn't Xia Qinglian, the Saint of the Demon Sect, a woman with half red hair and half white hair, and she likes to wear black gauze robes with cloud patterns?"

Qin Gengyun suddenly realized: "Are they role-playing?"

"Role playing?" The two were startled, then clapped their hands in admiration:

"Brother Daoist Qin's description is very appropriate, it's role-playing!"

Xu Li shook his head and said, "Recently, the destruction of the Demon Sect has become a hot topic among the people, especially the death of the Demon Sect Saint Xia Qinglian, which makes people sigh. Yihonglou's move is quite in line with the style of the ancients!"

Qin Gengyun sneered: "You have coveted Xia Qinglian for a long time. When she was here, you only dared to imagine her secretly. Now that she is dead, you can finally reveal your thoughts, right?"

Wang Ping said sternly, "Fellow Daoist Qin, how can you slander someone's innocence out of thin air? We are elegant cultivators. Although Xia Qinglian has done many evil things, she is also a peerless beauty. We are just feeling sorry for her tragic fate."

Qin Gengyun was too lazy to talk nonsense with them. He asked about the renovation of the old alchemy room. Xu Li looked at Yang Fengshan in the distance and whispered:

"This is strange. The owner didn't mention the renovation of the old house before he left, and..."

Xu Li hooked his finger at Qin Gengyun, motioning him to come closer, and then whispered:

"I sneaked in to take a look just now, and there was no one repairing it inside. In addition, the old alchemy furnace and spirit fan were gone!"

…

night.

Qin Gengyun came to the night market.

"Hey, Fellow Daoist Qin, are you here to see Fellow Daoist Mo again?"

Fellow Daoist Huang, who had just sold a yellow jade dragon, said to Qin Gengyun with a smile.

"Friend Huang, business is booming."

Qin Gengyun responded with a smile. Mo Xiaolan, who was wearing a plain robe, was greeting guests, and Qin Gengyun stood aside silently.

After a while, after selling two magic talismans, Mo Xiaolan turned around and smiled brightly at Qin Gengyun:

"Fellow Daoist Qin, the seller has already delivered the alchemy furnace. Let's go."

She asked Huang Daoyou to help look after her stall, and then took Qin Gengyun to the most remote stall in the innermost part of the East Market.

This time, the slovenly Zheng Daoyou was not asleep. When he saw the two people arriving, he immediately said:

"Come with me."

Qin Gengyun and Mo Xiaolan followed him into a small alley nearby and walked along the winding path.

"By the way, Fellow Daoist Qin, Fellow Daoist Zheng helped us negotiate the price with the seller, and the seller is willing to reduce the price by another three spirit stones."

Mo Xiaolan suddenly said.

"Really?" Qin Gengyun was overjoyed and said quickly:

"Friend Mo, Friend Zheng, thank you very much."

You can buy a second-hand alchemy furnace and a low-grade spiritual fan with only twelve spirit stones. This is simply pie in the sky!

Zheng Daoyou glanced back at him, then looked at Mo Xiaolan and laughed:

"Fellow Daoist Qin is so lucky, haha!"

After walking for a while, they finally arrived in front of a dilapidated house. Zheng Daoyou said:

"The seller didn't want to come out, so I made an appointment with him. He put the things in here, and you can check them first."

Qin Gengyun nodded, and the three of them went in. A familiar bronze furnace appeared in front of him. Qin Gengyun was stunned:

"This is……"